Schools
60 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 12 secondary schools. Chase High School is the nearest published school at 204 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS2 6XU
Prittlewell · Southend-on-Sea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Prittlewell
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Postcode district
- SS2
- Postcode sector
- SS2 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS2 6XU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 2003
- Terminated
- 1 May 2004
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS2
- Postcode sector
- SS2 6
- Latitude
- 51.554432
- Longitude
- 0.689965
- British National Grid easting
- 586,580
- British National Grid northing
- 187,378
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Southend-on-Sea · E06000033
- Electoral ward
- Prittlewell · E05002219
- Parish or community
- E43000028
- Westminster constituency
- Southend West and Leigh · E14001502
- Output area
- E00080198
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 004D · E01015860
- Middle layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 004 · E02003282
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SS2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 60
- Primary
- 32
- Secondary
- 12
- 204 m
Chase High School
Academy sponsor led
- 204 m
Lancaster School
Academy special converter
- 259 m
Earls Hall Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,703
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,959
- Shoplifting 870
- Vehicle crime 286
- Anti social behaviour 280
- Criminal damage and arson 273
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS2 6 residents
- 13,505
Age bands in SS2 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
2,361 residents
1,341 residents
3,873 residents
3,258 residents
2,434 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
23
within 5 km straight-line
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
716 m
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
1.3 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
1.3 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
1.3 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
1.7 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
1.7 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
1.7 km
THE PALL MALL SURGERY
LEIGH PCC, 918 LONDON ROAD, LEIGH ON SEA, SS9 3NG
ODS code F81144
2.0 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
2.1 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
2.1 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
2.1 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
2.1 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
2.2 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
2.3 km
THE LEIGH SURGERY
194 ELMSLEIGH DRIVE, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 4JQ
ODS code F81696
2.3 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
2.5 km
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
2.8 km
DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA
THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY
ODS code F81007
3.3 km
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
3.3 km
THE PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
32 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS1 2TH
ODS code Y02177
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Southend Hospital North
BCT · Prittlewell
- 0.1 miles
Southend Hospital North
BCT · Prittlewell
- 0.2 miles
Southend Hospital South
BCT · Prittlewell
- 0.2 miles
Southend Hospital South
BCT · Prittlewell
- 0.2 miles
Southend Hospital South
BCT · Prittlewell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 004D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
22,615 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,703 published events cover 12 months, averaging 391.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,959 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.